“I am not going to compromise a constitutional right provided here in Kentucky in order to curry favor on one or the other side, or for members of the media,” Grimes said when pressed by the moderator on the issue.

But asked to explain why she is so reluctant, Grimes replied: “There is no reluctancy. This is a matter of principle. Our constitution grants here in Kentucky the constitutional right for privacy at the ballot box, for a secret ballot. You have that right. Sen. McConnell has that right. Every Kentuckian has the right. And as Secretary of State, the chief election official, I’m tasked with overseeing and making sure we’re enforcing all of our election laws.”

“As we saw under President Clinton’s tenure, especially when you increase the minimum wage, you actually help to expand the middle class,” she said. “We saw one of the largest growths under President Clinton’s tenure than ever before. We have not seen that.”

McConnell responded that there’s “no difference” between being a Clinton Democrat and an Obama Democrat.

“The Clinton’s support what the EPA is doing in the war on coal,” he said. “There’s not a dime’s worth of difference between a Clinton Democrat and an Obama Democrat.”